# Incident 20090515006969I: Czawsp SPORTCRUISER, El Monte, CA, May 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2009, 13:45 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N695AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N695AS-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER (registry code 060002O, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-sportcruiser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZAWSP SPORTCRUISER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 30 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090515006969I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING HE MADE A MAIN GEAR LANDING AND SLOWLY LOWERED THE NOSE WHEEL.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE NOSE WHEEL HE HEARD A LOUD "BOOM" AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE RUNWAY DESTROYING THE PORPELLER AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT COWLING.  THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS WHICH WERE PROVIDED BY THE OWNER SHOW THAT ON MARCH 26 THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS REPLACED DUE TO A CRACK.  THE SAME ENTRY DOCUMENTS COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY DIRECTIVE #SD-SC-005 THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO AID IN ELIMINATING A SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY.  THERE IS NO MENTION OF ANY SERIIOUS NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION (NDI) OF THE COMPONENTS WHICH WERE NOT REPLACED AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN SERVICE.  BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWER "LIGHT SPORT" AIRCRAFT INTRODUCED TO THIS COUNTRY AND THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A DATA BASE FROM WHICH TO QUERY, THE REPORTING INSPECTOR WILL SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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